CSV.2.3.010 Title to Wild Animals and Wild Plants

(a) The legal title to, and the custody and protection of, all wild plants and wild animals within the ceded territory is vested in the Tribe for the purposes of regulating members' use, disposition and conservation thereof.

(b) The legal title to any such wild plant or wild animal, or carcass or part thereof, taken or reduced to possession in violation of this ordinance remains with the Tribe; and the title to any such wild plant or wild animal, or carcass or part thereof, lawfully acquired, is subject to the condition that upon the violation of this ordinance relating to the possession, use, giving, sale, barter or transportation of such wild plants or wild animals, or carcass or part thereof, by the holder of such title, the same shall revert, as a result of the violation to the Tribe. In either case, any such wild plant or carcass or part thereof, may be seized forthwith, wherever found, by the tribal conservation department or any law enforcement official authorized to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.